Communication Warrior Gifts

Man on mobile on train - 'You'll have to speak up, they've put a really annoying TV in the carriage...'

Mask sign language

Hey, calm down --- Now, what did you say again?

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

Ban on Free Speech

Inclusive speech

Create some buzz!

How to deliver a successful presentation.

"No, I really DO love you. It's just that my committee has some issues."

Couples' therapy

"Can you tell the oak tree to tell the birch tree to tell the elm tree I said hi?"

'No, I'm the marriage counselor. What you need is the semantics counselor down the hall.'

'Some of these trees have been here for 2000 years... and they still can't talk. Man, we're awesome!'

Teamwork

"He keeps reissuing everything I take issue with."

Letter Collecting Nerd

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

"'Original' to 'Carbon-Paper': Do you copy?"

'Let us pray...'

"This is the communications workshop, right? Let’s get started, I’m prepared!"

Spammatic blaster - gun to shoot pop-up ads.

WHO checklist

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

'In today's market hyperbole was up sharply. Similes and metaphors held relatively steady with euphemisms hitting another record low.'

"In response to your request for better communications, I'm going to increase my lengthy explanation by 50%."

"Enough about the forest, why don't you show us more trees?"

The Thinker. The Listener

"If we gave them press freedom they'd only want democracy too..."

'Is there such a thing as over communicating?'

'They just kept sending out memos. Who cared if they made sense?'

"Again, you may exercise your right to remain silent, but it's going to work against you since this is a job interview."

"I suppose we should start with listening skills!"

We never got anything done around here until we invented verbs.

'To make sure I get noticed I always talk in a big bold typeface.'

'This is Martins, the office I was telling you about. She's got a real knack for texting people down from window ledges!'